Effects of physiological hypercortisolemia on the regulation of lipolysis in subcutaneous adipose tissue.

Cortisol is known to increase whole body lipolysis, yet chronic hypercortisolemia results in increased fat mass. The main aim of the study was to explain these two apparently opposed observations by examining the acute effects of hypercortisolemia on lipolysis in subcutaneous adipose tissue and in t...

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Main Authors: Samra, J, Clark, M, Humphreys, S, MacDonald, I, Bannister, P, Frayn, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998